Floor-waxing device



Aug. 4, 1925. 1,548,223 F. STURGEON I FLOOR WAXING DEVICE Filed Jan. 14 1924 Inventor. f 'er'dinlnd Slurgeon WWW? I Patented Aug. 4, 1925.

UNITED STATES FERDINAND STURG-EON, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

FLOO'R-WAXING DEVICE.

Application filed January 14, 1924. Serial No. 686,028,

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, FERDINAND SrURoEoN, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident of the city of Toronto, county of York, Province of Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Floor-Waxing Device, as described in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, that form part of the same.

The principal objects of the invention are, to obviate the arduous conditions attendant upon the waxing of polished floors by pro vidinga holder for wax which may be manipulated with ease from the standing-position.

A further object is to devise a very simple form of structure for use in applying wax to the floors which may be marketed at extremely low cost.

The principal feature of the invention consists in the novel formation of a holder open at the bottom adapted to receive a bag containing wax, said holder having an opening through the top through which the top of the bag is passed and secured, the holder being provided with a suitable handle.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a waxing device constructed in accordance with this invention.

Figure 2 is an end elevational view.

The waxing of floors by hand is well known to be a very arduous task and it is extremely desirable that some simple form of device be provided by means of which this work may be accomplished without dlfllculty.

The present invention consists of a strip of sheet metal bent into a substantially V shape form which forms the holder 1.

The top 2 of the holder is preferably rounded and the edges 3 are preferably flared outwardly.

A longitudinal orifice 4 is formed in the rounded top 2 and the top of the bag 5 which is filled with wax is drawn through the orifice 4 and fastened in any desirable manner.

The holder is here shown formed withstamped up portions 6 forming eyes through which a holding pin 7 is inserted. This holding pin is preferably passed through the end of the bag and through the eyes, thus securing the endloop over the top.

It must be understood that I do not limit myself to this particular form or means of fastening the bag as other means may be devised. The bag itself is merely a. container which may be shaped in a bag form or it maybe a clean rag into which a quantity of the wax is placed and the rag gathered up and the edges are passed through the orifice 4 and secured to the holder.

The tapering shape of the holder allows the bag to spread out lengthwise and it thus presents a long contact and the holder retains the bagto a positive shape so that when moved back and forth over the surface of the 7 floor it will very effectively dispense and spread the wax.

' A handle 8 of very simple form is secured to the holder 1 by being slotted inwardly from the end, the slot 9 receiving the side portion of the holder, the handle being inserted in the orifice 4.

It must be understood that this invention is not restricted to the exact construction herein shown but includes any form of the container Which will receive a fabric bag or sack and enable it being held therein having an opening in the top through which the ends of the bag are placed.

What I claim as my invention is 1. A floor 7 waxing device, comprising a cupped holder having an opening in the top, a wax containing bag arranged in saidholder and extending through the opening, means forsecuring the protruding portion of said bag to the outer side of the holder and a handle secured to the holder.

2. A floor waxing device, comprising a metal sheet bent into V form having a longitudinal slot in the apex of the bend, a wax container bag adapted to be retained between the sides of said V-shaped member and having its edges passed through the slot and secured to the holder, and a handle inserted over one edge of the holder in the longitudinal slot.

3. A floor waxing device, comprising a strip of sheet material bent into V shape having a rounded apex and flaring edges and a longitudinal orifice in the apex arranged centrally'of the length thereof, a bag containing wax arranged between the sides of said formed sheet'and having its edges extending through the slot means for securing the edges of the bag to the holder, and a slotted handle inserted over the edge of the sheet metal in the slot.

&. A floor Waxing device, comprising a strip of sheet material bent into V shape having a rounded apex and flaring edges and a longitudinal orifice in the apex arranged centrally of the length thereof, a bag containing Wax arranged between the sides of said formed sheet and having its edges eX- 10 tending through the slot, and means adapted to secure the edges of the bag to the outer side of the holder member.

FERDINAND STURGEON. 

